Guide-eye for spinning-frames.



No. 740,611. PATBNTED 00211631903.

' W. 0. ALDRICH.

GUIDE EYE F OR SPINNING FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED IBB. a. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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fatented October 6, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM ORIN'ALDRIOH, OF W HITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WHITIN MACHINE WORKS, IN O ORPORATED, OF WHITINSVILLE,

MASSACHUSETTS.

GUIDE-EYE FOR SPINNING-FRAMES.-

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,611, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed February 5, 1903- Sarial No. 142,008- (N mo l-l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ORIN ALDRICH, a citizen of the United States,residing atWhitinsville, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guide-Eyes for Spinning-Frames,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improve- IO ment in guide-eyes for spinning-frames, and

more particularly to improvements in mechanism for adjustably securing guide-eyes to the finger-boards of spinning-frames or similar machines.

In adjustable guide eyes for spinningframes or similar machines it is desirable to accurately adjust the guide-eye over the center of the spindle and to firmly. secure the guide-eye to the finger-board afteradjustzo ment by the operatorl The objects of this invention are to simplify the construction and the operation of adjustably securing guide eyes to the finger-boards of spinning-frames or similar machines; and

the invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the guide eye and a clamping mechanism in the finger-board to adjustably secure the guide-eye to the fingerboard, as will be more fully set forth herein- 0 after.

Figurel is a plan view looking at the under side of a finger-board, showing my improved guide-eye and clamping mechanism for adjustably securing the guide-eye to the 3 5 finger board.

through the finger-board, with the guide-eye and clamping mechanism shown in full lines; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view through the finger-board, guide-eye stem,and

o clamping mechanism.

In the drawings, (0 represents the hinged,

finger-board of a spinning-frame having the circular aperture a in the under side of the clamping mechanism and the oif-center interv sec-ting duct or? for the guide-eye stem. The

guide-eye b has the usual eye I) and the stem b with the flattened portion b on its upper surface. The clamping mechanism in the aperture a, consistsof the circular clamping' 5o nut 0, having the flat surface a, the project'- ing boss '0 and the two fins c c to engage Fig. 2 is a sectional view with or be forced into the wall of the aperture a in the wooden finger-board a. The circular clamping-head 0 with the countersunk central opening 0 for the clamping-screw c in screw-thread engagement with the clamping-nut c, secures the stem 12 of the guide-eye between the clamping-nut c and the clamping-head 0 as shown in Fig. 3. The projectin g boss 0 acts as a fulcrum for the clampinghead 0 and the flattened portion b on the guide-eye stem, in connection with the flat surface 0 on the clampingnut c, prevents the guide-eye from turning when secured in the clamping mechanism. y

In assembling the parts of my improved guide-eye the clamping-nut c with the fins 0 c on its edge is forced into the circular aperture a in the wooden finger-board, forcing the fins c int-Q the wood to prevent turning of the nut and to rigidly secure the stem of the guide-eye. The stem of the guide-eye is now pushed into the duct a and over the clamping-nut, bringing the flattened portion of the stem and the fiat surface of the clamping-nut into engagement. The clamping head 0 is now placed in the aperture (1, and secured in position by the clamping-screw c.

In adjusting my improved guide-eye the operator loosens the clamping-screw c". The guideeye may now be accurately adjusted over the spindle and firmly secured in its ad justed position by tightening the clamping screw. g 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I. In a guide-eye, a hinged finger-board, there being an aperture in the finger-board with an off-center intersectingduct for the guide-eye stem, a two-part clamp in the ap- .erture engaging with the guide-eye stem, and

,cular clamping-nut 0 having the flat surface a, the projecting boss 0 and the fins 0 0 name to this specification in the presence of and the circular clamping-head c with the two subscribing Witnesses.

countersunk central openin c for the clamp- I A ing-screw c in screw-uhreadzngagement with WILLIAM ORIN ALDRICH 5 the clamping-nut c, all for the purpose as delVitnesses:

scribed. SUSIE M. POLLOCK,

I11 testimony whereof I have signed my OSCAR L. OWEN. 

